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is there any way of returning the ip of a connection? | do you want the address of something that is connecting to you? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "alecjw", "user_answer": "dthacker"} |
Hey, does someone know a good program to burn an iso to a DVD? | right click the iso -> write to disc. or open up brasero and proceed from there | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Moleboy_", "user_answer": "Axlin"} |
how can i play a flash in epiphany? | install 'flashplugin-nonfree' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "alecjw", "user_answer": "sladen"} |
hi, I search a 'Audio-converting programm' for linux to convert 'wmf', 'mpc', 'ogg', 'ape' into mp3 audio-files...anybody know one? | i've never tried it myself, and its a kde app, but transcode's supposed to beok | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "tenzin", "user_answer": "alecjw"} |
hi. how can i play audio in the commandline? | i use mplayer for command line playing | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "alecjw", "user_answer": "patrick_king"} |
does anyone know of any good graphical apps to download video podcasts | check out democracyplayer | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "alecjw", "user_answer": "MarcN"} |
Can anyone recommend a good itunes replacement? | try amarok | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "cody_", "user_answer": "harrisony1"} |
hello, for burn multisesion CDs whit ubuntu???? | Best burning utility for Linux, IMO | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dudawifi", "user_answer": "javaJake"} |
how do I change the owner of everything in a directory? | 'man chown' helps | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "secret901", "user_answer": "LjL"} |
someone please help me, I'm going insane with unity. how do I change that the app-launcher on the left is NOT auto-hide but constantly visible so it doesn't take me ages to switch between apps. also, how do I enable alt-tabbing between apps, and how -- for the love of god -- do I customise the top navbar (the part with the time etc in it) | Also, moving your mouse to the top-left corner instantly shows the left dock | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "[Soma]", "user_answer": "lugkhast"} |
Just a quick question here. Why was gdebi removed? | It is still in the repos, but I believe that the Software center is now handling .deb installs. Theres only limited space on the Live CD, so duplicated programs get removed. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "BBgamer", "user_answer": "Pici"} |
hi, is there a way to tell where a package has installed its files? | dpkg -L package | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "clop", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
How can I check my own Ip address for my router? | ifconfig or for router address i do netstat -rn | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Ramen", "user_answer": "pike_"} |
where is the difference between hd0 and hda? | hd0 is grub-speak, hda is everything else. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Buhmann", "user_answer": "tonyyarusso"} |
hello I use Ubuntu Dapper and I have an intel card based laptop and my resolution is not widescreen at all. I have installed 915resolution but I can not change pls help.I use a dell inspiron 1300 laptop | Have you seen ubotu's link? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "C-O-L-T", "user_answer": "newnoodle"} |
Really really easy question: i am having trouble booting from the Live Dapper CD on my Powerbook. Rebooting holding C doesnt seem to be working. Any help? | have you tried holding option down during boot? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "cary", "user_answer": "punkforpez"} |
hi guys, i keep having to wrestle with ndiswrapper to get my wireless going, how do i add an interface, my wlan0 has completely disappeared off of my system, even though its in /etc/network/interfaces | what wireless card do you have | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "NemesisD", "user_answer": "dug"} |
In Nautilus in Oneiric, I don't see the 'location bar' (showing the file path as 'breadcrumbs'). Has it been removed? | no like in 11.04 and 10.10 you can press ctrl L to see it | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "morning", "user_answer": "crash1hd"} |
Is anyone using edgy in the AMD64 version? I am experiencing graphics problems on bootup. The ubuntu-logo is b/w and the throbber is screwed up. Everything is fine once gdm kicks in, though. | hmm | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Kannix", "user_answer": "TGPO"} |
anyone here burn video dvds? | http://appdb.winehq.org/ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kodat", "user_answer": "tim167"} |
what is the name of the kernel package in ubuntu? | apt-cache linux-image | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "hacim", "user_answer": "Svenstaro"} |
hi, I want to buy a cheap video card into my girlfriend's computer (600 MHz Celeron, 256MB RAM), I have these options (equally cheap): nvidia vanta 16MB AGP, savage4 32MB AGP, matrox g400 16MB AGP, ati rage128 8MB AGP, which one should I buy? | thats why i told you my advice | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ignotus", "user_answer": "Svenstaro"} |
I just tried installing the natty beta and got an error Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), how to see more details? | you can then install the updates and 3rd party stuff after it's up. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "stimpie", "user_answer": "egarff"} |
hey everyone, can I somehow tell ubuntu NOT to write grub into my MBR when installing? | with the alternate install cd you can | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Svenstaro", "user_answer": "astro76"} |
help! I have updated to Edgy, need to reinstall Nvidia drivers, have found a turorial about envy, this seems to work, until i get error message that i appear to be runnung xserver, how do I stop xserver? | sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "talldave2002", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
can only tell if linux will save my laptop from being thrown into the dumpster? I tried windows 98 through windows xp, but it doesn't want to work with ISA 16-bit PCMCIA. Will ubuntu work with my IBM 760XL laptop? | http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:760XL | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "XP1", "user_answer": "void^"} |
anyone know how to set the folder in grip | go on config -> encode -> encoder -> encoder file format , and put the folder at the beginning, e.g. ~/music/%A/%d/%n.%x | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "eva", "user_answer": "kooldeep"} |
looking for a solution: I've successfully gotten ndiswrapper to load and recognize my wireless card, however, there is a module that loads at boottime,bcm43xx, that is not allowing ndiswrapper to load properly. I'm having to modprobe -r ndiswrapper and the bcm43xx driver, then modprobe ndiswrapper to get the wireless working properly. How can I block the bcm43xx module from loading in the first place? | add the module name to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "conreyt", "user_answer": "rausb0"} |
i have attached a usb wireless adapter but it doesnt show up in 'ifconfig' only 'iwconfig'. is it necessary to show up in ifconfig for the adapter to work? | and yeah, it does need to show up in ifconfig for it to work, but you can do that by bringing up the interface | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "TheWheat", "user_answer": "Daverocks"} |
Is there a way a program is initialized but does not appear in ps -A | i think you hae to do something like: update-rc.d -n scriptname defaults | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Animortis", "user_answer": "RoAkSoAx"} |
what graphical disk utility is used during the live cd boot and install? | probably gparted | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "nemish_", "user_answer": "sproingie"} |
hey, is freecontrib down? (specifically the plf repo's?) caus i cant apt-get update with them :( | freecontrib isn't part of the official ubuntu repos. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "scott", "user_answer": "chuckyp_"} |
whats the extension of a linux script again? :D | it doens't need an extension it just needs to be executable | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "pazemlsqdfmoj", "user_answer": "chuckyp"} |
Is there a tool to install which would allow me to shutdown computer after a given perfiod of time?? | where the first example is a 24 hour time, the second being a number of minutes | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mojojojo_", "user_answer": "PriceChild"} |
Hey, I'm sorry to ask but I can't find makedvd in Synaptic. I have tovid installed, but I still don't have makedvd. Any suggestions? | i tend to use devede | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "aauthor", "user_answer": "dr_willis"} |
If I wanted a BASH script to open several gui applications (at the same time) how could I do this? If I just put each one in a bash script (one after the other) it will wait for one to close before opening the next one. | put an & at the end of each command that opens in a gui to load it in background | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "aauthor", "user_answer": "quiescens"} |
I hate to be a broken record but I would greatly appreciate it if someone could just tell me if it is possible to assign different backgrounds to different workspaces. So far all the methods i have tried, including kde, have not been able to do this. I would just like to know if it is possible. | perhaps with compiz | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "zortog", "user_answer": "bazhang"} |
help: how do i restart x server? | sudo invoke-rc.d gdm restart | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Oleander", "user_answer": "PriceChild"} |
how do extract a tar.bz2 file? preferably from the command line | tar -xzf file result | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "homanj", "user_answer": "PriceChild"} |
Can you recommend screen capture software for Ubuntu that will capture mouse and sound? | check out http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2010/12/2-linux-screencasting-applications.html | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Deithrian", "user_answer": "Dr_Willis"} |
I just had a laptop crash during a feisty-to-gutsy upgrade. It crashed at the 'Remove obsolete packages?' part, just as I was about to press 'Remove.' This should be ok, shouldn't it? The actual upgrade was finished at this point | and a sudo apt-get autoremove couldn't hurt either | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "seanh", "user_answer": "PriceChild"} |
hi! i have edgy installed on my system and want to install feisty (no dist-upgrade!). is it required to uninstall grub or will it be overridden? | a fresh install will overwrite it | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kunee", "user_answer": "PriceChild"} |
hi all, i installed chromium, and am having a really tough time configuring java on the browser(it fails the test on the java website), can someone please help me | (Ubuntu no longer uses /etc/inittab because of upstart ) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mithran", "user_answer": "usr13"} |
hello. so im trying to upgrade my machine at home by sshing in and running 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' as mentioned in the release notes, but all thats telling me is that i have 0 packages to upgrade. any ideas? | follow this --> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EdgyUpgrades | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Turias", "user_answer": "_deb_"} |
Hi all. Is it possible to download Kubuntu 6.10 DVD image? | The DVD images are not yet available, as far as I know. They should appear on mirrors in the coming hours. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mkara", "user_answer": "Fujitsu"} |
Is there any disadvantage to apt-get? | It doesn't handle dependencies when uninstalling as well as aptitude. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ehird", "user_answer": "tonyyarusso"} |
anyone know how to update the time via the command line? | man date | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "FastZ", "user_answer": "Blinny"} |
I am looking at a howto on NTFS for linux, and it says that it is still in beta. Is this correct? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=217009&highlight=Ntfs | I believe so. Reading NTFS drives is ok, writting is still a slight issue (i had none, however)... | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Megaqwerty", "user_answer": "AdelaideLuke"} |
I work mostly with php, but also sometimes with asp, can anyone suggest a way I could host asp pages accessing mdb's without relying on a windows box please? | I use Beryl + glx and I have the ability to make certain windows semi-transparent: enough to see the window content behind them. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "MadCowBoy", "user_answer": "K-en"} |
Hey guys....based in China at the moment and the repositories all seem to be in the us. What can I do to make them access the chinese repos? | take a look at apt-spy and have it find a closer repo for you. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "peter_123", "user_answer": "MarcN"} |
does any one have idea | try totem /etc/skel/Examples/Experience\ ubuntu.ogg' as a test | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "navaladi", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
what does the generic kernel do? someone said it provides optimizations on demand - can anyone elaborate? | you dont need to do it manually, its done automatically | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dontbanme", "user_answer": "DBO"} |
how to change password on freenode? | /msg nickserv help set | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "aldin", "user_answer": "LjL"} |
I installed xchat-gnome a while ago, but removed it again as I like the normal xchat better. But in firefox everytime i try to enter a irc:// link it want to open xchat-gnome, how can i change this to the right application? | in the >.> i know this let me think | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "cybe", "user_answer": "Heroin"} |
I have ubuntu 11.04 . whenever I try installing some packages using, 'sudo apt-get install' I am getting the error 'Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?' . How can this issue be solved? | i'm assuming you've tried the suggested fixes in that msg, correct? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ashray", "user_answer": "DaPenguin"} |
Mail/imap question: I've got a working Postfix installation. How do I enable IMAP support? Do I need additional packages? Any howtos you can point me to? | i think the wiki deals with that quite well | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "enfors", "user_answer": "wijnand"} |
is the 'preferred' way of installing g++ in ubuntu using the shell | apt-get install build-essential | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "CTho", "user_answer": "preaction"} |
Hi everyone! Does anybody know what packages I need to install to get full support for an additional language? I am using Ubuntu 6.10 and would like to install Spanish. | System - Administration - Language support, just select the language. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "AlexFicelle", "user_answer": "finalbeta"} |
i'm getting extremely poor video performance on my laptop, I'm trying to use the radeon open source driver on a thinkpad t41, (radeon 9000 mobile.... M9, R250) glxinfo output is here:http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/28016/ it seems that its using mesa3d? is that right? | you con use the fglrx driver i think | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "hobbesmaster", "user_answer": "hejsa"} |
why 'killall /dev/dsp', what does it do? | so the sound card won't be busy | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Nophiq", "user_answer": "nuked_omen"} |
Can anyone verify that wireless works out of the box on an IBM X31 with an Atheros chipset on Ubuntu 6.10? | well atheros works fine, but you'll probably need to get the madwifi driver after the install | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "matason", "user_answer": "solid_liq"} |
Hi, who has any recommendations on the best way to setup a 'very' secure ftp server using ubuntu dapper. . One that Microsoft clients can access over the net. So - using ssh / ssl etc. Pref one that requires not much config on the client end so that it is easier for them to use? | vsftp .... very secure ftp | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jdt_", "user_answer": "wickedpuppy"} |
that's not what I asked ;-) | it is just a frontend | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ChrisW", "user_answer": "nicku"} |
Can anyone point me in the direction of a How To Install Firefox 2. I can't find the directions on the mozilla site anywhere. They just tell you what its going to do. | right, same steps though, just different filenames | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "noex", "user_answer": "Flannel"} |
How do I start gnome from terminal? | /etc/init.d/gdm start | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "maxflax", "user_answer": "dcraven"} |
hi everybody, yesterday my cousin enabled ssh on my computer and he gave me a domain on DynDNS. now i tried to setup an Apache, MySQL, and PHP server so i can host a website. but whenevere i go to my domain it asks for a username and password (so i can acsess my router). what do i do? :S | : and don't allow external http access to your router | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "adam_swe", "user_answer": "FuzzyBear"} |
what is the filemanager in Ubuntu called again? | in gnome, nautilus, I think | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "saxin", "user_answer": "lietu"} |
Could anyone give me a hand with setting up a bash script to adjust nice value for the X server? | : sed 's/^xinit/nice -n 0 xinit/' /usr/bin/startx > newstartx | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "gyoffi", "user_answer": "FuzzyBear"} |
How do I from the shell get a list of all packages that are installed on my system -- preferably the ones I've installed directly, ie. not dependencies. | dpkg -l |grep ^ii | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Zta", "user_answer": "wols_"} |
Okay, so with the ipw3945, how do I get this going with Edgy? | http://www.digitalvampire.org/blog/articles/2006/09/29/ubuntu-edgy-eft-on-a-thinkpad-x60s-how-to-make-ipw3945-work | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Mukunda", "user_answer": "BooBar"} |
I want inotify-tools installed on Feisty, but it seems I need to install some backported versions? Is there a repos I can add to handle dependencies? https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/feisty/i386/inotify-tools/3.11-1ubuntu1~feisty1 | feisty-backports | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Zta", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
i think my locales are way broken, im getting a ton of error messages when updating, should i worry about that? and how would i fix it if that breaks anything? | they will stop once the locales have been configured | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "nukeslion", "user_answer": "gnomefreak"} |
does anyone knows when (if) dapper will get gcc-4.1 toolchain? | the same that's on dapper | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Studiosus", "user_answer": "Flannel"} |
how can I disable automount of CDs in Hardy? | you can set it up in nautilus | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Studiosus", "user_answer": "defrysk"} |
can anyone tell me the easiest (preferably GUI with rightclick) way to mount automatically all hard disks in a computer? editing the fstab is still a black magic... | fesity should do it for you | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "acu", "user_answer": "encompass"} |
Hello everyone :) Can anyone tell me how to write an external harddrive formatted with NTFS? | ntfs3g might help you | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "eax", "user_answer": "bod_"} |
I obtain the error message: 'xinit unexpexted signal 2.' What is the effect of 'signal 2'? | aka sigint | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bullgard4", "user_answer": "ferengee"} |
hello if i want to write anything in welcome message/ascii figure to openssh where can i do it then ? | http://patorjk.com/software/taag/ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "arcsky", "user_answer": "benzaldehyde"} |
Without using Kubuntu, how easy is it to switch from Gnome to KDE? | very. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Enverex", "user_answer": "Music_Shuffle"} |
are the broadcom drivers on feisty on board? | worked straight away with me on 64 bit feisty! | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "m`kay", "user_answer": "Paddy_EIRE"} |
is it just me, or does ubuntu seem to take up more, and more, and more hard drive space? It used to take up 10 GB, but now it takes up 12. how can i find out which packages I don't need anymore and uninstall them? | Install debfoster, it takes a while to finish but it is worth it | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "AdamKili", "user_answer": "Warbo"} |
what is a good program to tweak with the effects like 3d desktop and windows that shake when they move etc | compizconfig-settings-manager is what you're looking for I think | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "UbuntuNoob", "user_answer": "phaedra"} |
what is /usr/local usually used for? | things you install system-wide without using the package manager | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jickles", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
there is no one on the xubuntu channel....i'm trying to set my daughter up with an old laptop....can anyone help getting a linksys wusb54gs working in xubuntu....???.... | maybe this will help: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=40299 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "orangefly", "user_answer": "node357"} |
anyone have any idea what the gkrellm type program in the righthand side of this screenshot is? http://puggy.symonds.net/~praveen/journal-images/gnome-desktop.png | gdesklets or adesklets | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "deadkode", "user_answer": "bderrly"} |
how do i add an something to the application menu? | right click on the ubuntu icon for the menu and then 'Edit menus' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "invisiblepinkuni", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
what is it with edgy and no wine candidate in the repo? | add the WINE repository | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "TGPO", "user_answer": "anon32"} |
Another quick question, how would you change a folders permission + every file in the folder? | do it with -R option | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "random_", "user_answer": "str0ng"} |
what is the package to install svn? | probably subversion | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Chippy", "user_answer": "Agrajag"} |
Is it possible to automate that? | no, not scripting, just commandlining. Something like 'eterm -e gaim' should work | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Shadowthrone", "user_answer": "soundray"} |
hello again. i think my message went unnoticed. so 3 of the 4 usb ports aren't working. got some data here: http://pastebin.com/mccdna89 . any help ? | i think the output of dmesg might be more itneresting, after plugging a usb device | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "tuxtoti", "user_answer": "nibbler"} |
is there a way to make a bootable backup (on a second hard drive) of the currently running system, without booting into clonezilla or similar? something like carbon copy cloner (OS X) or The Best Disk Cloning App for Windows DriveImage XML (Windows)? | ext4 had snapshot support added last year | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "nokari", "user_answer": "TJ-"} |
Any one have problems getting VMware to run under Edgy ? | No problems with Vmware on edg | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "^Ocean^", "user_answer": "Daviey"} |
Where can i find the downloads from Ubuntu software center? | select faster or closer mirror to you | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "SarcasMo2", "user_answer": "zvacet"} |
which flash player works best? | flashplugin-nonfree | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "teledyn", "user_answer": "mneptok"} |
hi guys... I'm trying to install Ubuntu on another machine with an 80gig hdd. For some reason, when I try to partition it to have a primary / partition, a logical /home partition and a linux swap it won't allow me to do it. Logical is greyed out and it gives me an error after it has created hda1 | i would just use fdisk | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "wrabbit^", "user_answer": "teledyn"} |
for grep, is there a symbol to represent NOT? | also in a regex, [^x] means not x | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ezenu3", "user_answer": "trappist"} |
oki. seems i have to run without using swap. not nice, but unavoidable atm... :/ | There's a program in the repository called swapd that will create swapfiles on the fly when needed. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "nopf", "user_answer": "tlhonmey"} |
hi, how do i install the latest nvidia drivers and beryl | http://wiki.beryl-project.org/wiki/Install/Ubuntu/Edgy/nVIDIA | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "olsen", "user_answer": "strabes"} |
How do I test out my #D acceleration? I know there is a command to show some animated gears, but I don't remember it. | glxgears | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "redlance", "user_answer": "elkbuntu"} |
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